Arkansas Sen Fulbright flags Reserve Board power shift
The article argues against giving too many seats on the Federal Reserve Board to bidders from Boston New York Philadelphia and Chicago. Senator Fulbright warns of domination by major financial interests and urges wider geographic representation on the board. It also notes praise for Arkansas resources and a travel folder showcasing the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Thomas J.mccabe
Federal Reserve Board of Governors
Arkansas
J. W. Paught
Mevabe
Scott Aper Company
Chester
Andirman
Federal Reserve Nir
Philadelphia
Farright
Boston
New Louke
Chicago
Fulbright
iWiag
Federer
Hope district school census and public works notes
Twenty years ago today 1160 white students and 830 black students were counted in Hope district. The city approved a new 600 gallon pumper for 8750 dollars. Leonard Avis served as postal inspector for this street. J Doug Morgan’s big tent will be in town next week. Chamber of Commerce committee for Junior track included BD, M Burford, BE, FE, Christopher, Carter Johnson, Rs A Geati and Ed McCorkle. Bond issue approved at Bitile Rock on April 18 for 1,000,000 of three and one half percent bonds by Kansas Public Service Commission to finance reconstruction for Southwestern States Telephone Co with several Arkansas towns. Kansas Oil and Gas Commission to hold state wide hearing here on April 27. Director Lester ntorih announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hope
Leonard Avis
J. Doug Morgan
Chamber of Consmerce
M. Burford
Christopher
Carter Johnson
Rs ‘A. Geati
Ed McCorkle
Communist Clause of Labor Act Upheld
A three judge federal court in Washington on April 13 upheld the non Communist provision of Taft Hartley requiring labor union officers to declares they are not Communists to use the National Labor Relations Board machinery. The decision, 2 1, was written by Judge Miller and Judge Laws with Judge Prettyman dissenting. The CIO National Maritime Union led the challenge. the ruling to be appealed to the Supreme Court is seen as pivotal for labor relations and political belief requirements. The majority called the provision a constitutional exercise of power, while Prettyman warned it abridged constitutional rights by tying political belief to a federal facility.
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Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Wilbur K. Miller
Bolithe J. Laws
E. Barrett Pretty- Man
CIO
National Maritime Union
Congress
Supreme Court
Prettyman
City May Ask Revenue Bond Issue Discussed
City officials and iHope Development Corporation officials met to explore a revenue bond issue secured by municipal water and light plant operations. The plan aims to fund property improvements and address a $387,500 cash shortfall to purchase the utility system of the former Southwestern Proving Ground. War Assets Administration terms outline the city buying the utilities outright while iHope would take over SPG industrial buildings under a contingent contract with the U.S.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
iHope Development Corporation
Hope City Council
Municipal Water & Light
Southwestern Proving Ground
War Assets Administration
Hope Development Corporation
SPG
U.S
Massachusetts Leader Coolidge Attacks South in Speech
In Lawrence Massachusetts Governor Coolidge criticized Southern remarks about New England textiles. He called Southern praise of a blatherskite and warned Dixie rivals could hollow out New England mills. Crump defended the South while Laney avoided a word battle with Yankees.
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Atlanta
Memphis
BE. H. Crump
L. Gay
Arthur W. Coolidge
Massachusetts
Coolidge
Greater Lawrence
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
South
Banjo Strumimei
Dixie Clay
New England
Southern
Cromp Tutthy
Ren. T. Laney
Rain and Wind Report From Experiment Station
High winds preceded steady rain, with 1.42 inches falling by 7 a.m. today, and total rainfall reaching 1.62 inches. The 24 hour high temperature was 87 degrees as moisture continued across the area this Tuesday morning.
Allied Youth Charters Awarded in Texarkana Ceremony
W Roy Breg of Allied Youth Inc spent Monday in Texarkana where Texarkana High School Post 370 received a charter during an assembly. The group already has envoys in Magnolia El Dorado and Texarkana Arkansas and Texas with Breg visiting Winthrop Ashdown Foreman and a week of stops in Redwater Maud Simms Kildare DeQueen Hot Springs Magnolia Smackover.
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W. Roy Breg
Allied Youth, Inc
Texarkana
Foreman
Redwater
Texas
Maud
Simms
Kildare
DeQueen
Hot Springs
Magnolia
Smackover
Jackson Dinner Turns to Rally for Eisenhower
In Los Angeles on April 13, a Jackson Day dinner for $25 a plate nearly shifted into an Eisenhower rally. The audience cheered General Ike, while J Howard McGrath defended Truman, urging party unity and leadership. Elliott, California Democratic leader, invoked the frontier creed as the program moved toward Page Two.
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Patricia Clary
Los Angeles
Ike
Truman
J. Howard McGrath
Franklin D. Roosevelt
McGrath
Tim
John B.elliott
Californ
Aia
Democrats
Pension Plan Bargaining Necessary
The National Labor Relations Board ruled that employers must bargain with employees over pension plans if requested. In a 4-1 decision, the board said pension benefits fall within wages and retirement terms under Taft-Hartley, ordering Inland Steel to bargain with two locals on pension and retirement policies if unions meet registration and non communist oath requirements within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Labor Relations Board
Inland Iecl
Nazi Generals Question Hitler Attack Orders at War Crimes Trial
Gen. Franz Halder testified that German generals doubted Hitler meant the 1939 Poland attack and recalled a sequence of orders and cancellations. He described Rundstedt urging rapid recall of the directive as the court heard defense claims that the high command supported aggressive war.
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Nuernberg
Germany
Hitler
Poland
Franz Halder
Chick
Annal
UW. B
Halder
Wield
Karl Gerd von Rundstedt
Rund
States Rights Rally Set for Hope April 20
Citizens from 41 southwest Arkansas counties will hear Governor Ben Laney at Hope city hall Tuesday night at 7 30. State Rep. Talbot Feild Jr, spokesman for a local group, says emphasis will be on powers reserved to the states and not granted by the U S constitution. Details of the program and local organization to be announced later. The meeting is open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkansas
Ben Laney
Hope City Hall
Talbot Feild, Jr
Feild
United States
Kiwanians Hear About Local Athletics
At the Kiwanis Club luncheon at Hotel Barlow at noon, Teddy Jones, Lawrence Martin, and Joe Amour spoke on school sports. Guests included Capt. Paw Koonce USN Russ Hanniable T. H. Livin Nor tan Moore and new members Charles Routon and James Vannoy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Hotel Barlow
Teddy Jones
Lawrence Martin
Joe Amour
Paw Koonce
USN
Russ Hanniable
T. H. Livin
Little Rock
Nortan Moore
Hope
Iew
Charles Routon
James Vannoy
EU ropean Recovery Program Seen As Division War
A Soviet official in the Russian zone of Germany charged that the European Recovery Program means Germany's division and war. Col Sergei Tulpanov said the Marshall Plan would preserve old governments and return factories to war criminals. Western authorities prioritized rebuilding the Berliner West power plant in Berlin to avert a power cut across sectors. The plant is costly, about 14 million dollars, and aims to supply all sectors if Russia cuts electricity.
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Berlin
Germany
Sergei Tuipanov
Tulpanov
Berliner West
Vassily D. Sokolovsky
Allied Control Council
Frankfurt
Thomas Jefferson the gadget loving founder who died broke
HAL BOYLE portrays Thomas Jefferson as a pioneering inventor and builder at Monticello, designing a bedless house with alcove beds and a rotating chair. He created devices from a speedometer to a plow, introduced merino sheep, grew nectarines, and authored the Declaration draft desk. Despite genius, he faced debts and poverty before Monticello’s restoration and burial at its site.
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Hal Boyle
New York
UPI
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
Monticetla
Tom
Efe
America
Bigum
Virginia
Funds to Speed Air Production Quickly Set Up
Washington April 13 Fy A 2 376 1000000 dip into next year's military funds for an emergency warplane and guided missile program won quick committee approval in Congress. The White House added a second request unseen until today, boosting aviation funds in a surprise measure while not increasing the overall military budget for the year beginning July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F. Arbogast
Washington
Congress
House Appropriations Group
Truman
White House
DDT Spraying Continues in Hempstead County
John E. Taylor, state malaria control director, says spraying was paced to match mosquito breeding. Hempstead County switches to a stronger 50 percent DDT solution, with one spring application replacing two of last year, lowering cost to $2 per household. Residents urged to accept service when offered as repeated spraying in sprayed areas is avoided.
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State Board of Health
Hempstead
Taylor
Hempstead County
B 29s Launch Longest Peacetime Flight Toward Germany
Smoky Hill Air Base Kommand reports a large B 29 formation begins a long peacetime training mission to Germany. About 260 planes, with 10 or 11 crew each, depart Goose Bay and head to Brest Paris and Furstenfeldbruck before two squadrons return. 301st Very Heavy Bombardment Group, squadrons 82nd 862nd 363rd, participate.
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Smoky Hill
Kas
Air Force
Goose Bay
Furstenfeldbruck
Bse
Uberty
Washington
Brest
France
Paris
Fursstenfeldbruck
301St
82Nd
Europe
Ellis
Kng
3015T
Japan
Alashi
Caribbean
Temperatures Remain High in North West Region
Temperatures stayed near summer levels in the South and East while the North and West faced continued heat. A sharp freezing line stretched from the Northern Rockies to Northern Michigan and Wisconsin with subfreezing readings in parts of Kansas, Iowa, and Nebraska. Snow d, in the Central Rockies and East South Dakota, with 7 inches in Limon, Cola and 4 inches at Watertown S C. Showers and thunderstorms were noted from the Ohio Valley to Arkans as and Northeastern Texas with heavy rains in the Ohio valley. Light rain fell across northern Illinois.
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Chicago
Rockies
Michigan
Wisconsin
Kansas
Iowa
South Dakota
Limon
Cola
Watertown
S. C
Miners Slow Returning to the Coal Pits
Washington April 13 government restrictions on train service were lifted as soft coal mines began returning to work after a month-long strike. About 75 percent production reported in western Pennsylvania and Illinois while hard coal fields saw 30,000 sympathy strikers rejoin.
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Washington
John L. Lewis
Lewis
Pennsylvania
Illinois
Alan Goldsjeerough
Bridges Crnh
Truman
Board of
Clark
Matthew FB. McGuire
Joseph W. Martin
Mass
Bridges
Rep
Nartley
Mouse Labor Committee
Uction
Martin
Safety Series Completed at Bruner Ivory
A safety training program completed at Bruner Ivory Handle Co culminates with a banquet at Hotel Barlow where foremen receive certificates. Monthly meetings since inception reduced local mill accidents by 30 percent and prompted safety improvements. Awards go to plant leaders including Guy Basye and W C Bruner among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy E. Basye
W. C. Bruner
Hendrix Spraggins
Orville Steadman
A. A. Albritton
Ross Bales
Roy Brittain
Army in Conta Delegates to Resume Parley
The Pan American conference, paused by a bloody revolt, may resume with delegates focusing on economic matters and Latin America. U S Secretary George C Marshall and delegate Guillermo Belt express belief the revolt targeted disruption of the conference, not the Colombian government. Continued on Page Two.
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Joseph F
McEvoy
Bogota
Colombia
U._S
George C. Marshall
Frida
Cal
Guillermo ‘Belt
Marshall
Ameri Democracies
Pissett
Simon Bolivar
Ctin
Jorge Blicer
Air Chief Says Reds Building Up Great Air Force
The Senate Armed Services Committee heard Air Chief statements as Symington testified on draft legislation to boost armed forces to 1,944 and add 559,500 more personnel. The panel backed a top age limit of 88 for draft registrations. Defense requests call for 44 through 28 registration, while the House weighs 18 through 26. Congress debates 70-group air force versus universal training. The JCS favors expanding existing 55 groups. Symington argues a 70-group air force is vital.
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Symington
Services Committee
Comitee
Russia
Lenate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
House
Intanciey
Gurney
R. ‘Sd
Senate
Jiu
Defense
Forrestal
Joint Chiefs of Staff
JCS
Armed Services
Congress
Puedionce
Rep
Johnson
D-Tex
L Abel
Lyington Sai
Wold
Hempstead Circuit Court Proceedings Report
In Hempstead Circuit Court, civil and criminal cases proceeded. Bradley was acquitted of arson. James Conway was found not guilty of burglary and grand larceny. State v James Kennedy scheduled to start this afternoon. Conway named editor and Pine Bluff native named business manager for Hendrix College Profile weekly.
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J. O. Harris
Hempstead
Bayfield
Bradley
James Conway
State of Arkansas
James Kennedy
Conway
Braford Govan
Marianna
Hendrix College
Gainaew News Weekly
Hugh: Eae
Pine Bluff
Fa Migsten If
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Arkansas Resources , Development Commission
Arkasas
Hendrix Lackey
Sdoe
U. S
James Thrasher
Presiank
Awe
Greece
Urkey
Theansas Oil and Gas Commission
Lesterntorih
Lane
Gay
Allied Youth
Jackson
Eisenhower
Roosevelt
London
NEA
King George
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Grosvenor Square
England
General Eisenhower
University of Virginia
Jefferson
Dept, Te
Jefferson M. Levy
Monsiewlo
Thomas Jefferson Maynovial Foundation
North
Bruner Ivory
Conta
Reds
Great Airforce
Hempstead Circuit
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